The Creativity & Productivity Blog
The Creativity & Productivity Blog
A recent study of 19 million meetings found that workers in the U.S. spend an average of two hours a week in pointless meetings. And while that doesn’t sound like a lot, the exponential cost of two hours per person per week […]
Read article "10 Meeting Rules to Host Productive and Effective Meetings"
Whether you’re an influencer with a personal blog you write and manage all on your own or a content marketer trying to oversee contributions to your company blog from several staff writers and freelancers, you need a blog mind map. A blog […]
Read article "9 Wildly Useful Blog Mind Map Examples for Content Marketers"
To-do lists are a great way to keep track of outstanding tasks, but they can be poor motivators. They often end up too long, too short, too vague, too confusing, overcommitted, unwieldy, stale and forgotten, or even too meticulously planned. It doesn’t […]
Read article "7 Ways to Write a Better To-Do List and Get More Done"
If you’ve ever built a mind map, you might have experienced some of the benefits of the exercise. Maybe the visual nature of a mind map helped you recall information better. Maybe the simplicity of mind mapping allowed you to capture your […]
We all make dozens if not hundreds of decisions every day: what to wear, where to have lunch, which business opportunity to invest in… The problem is that too many decisions can be draining and lead to decision fatigue or even decision […]
Read article "Make Better Business Decisions with These Three Templates"
We’ve all been there. You turn up to a meeting and the table is full, but an eerie silence ensues. Everyone’s waiting for someone else to kick things off. Without a clear facilitator to go through the necessary meeting management steps, meetings like […]
Read article "8 Effective Tools for Common Meeting Management Tasks"
Whether you’ve been in the business world for years or are just starting your academic career, writing a document can be intimidating. But not to worry: If you’ve been staring at a blank page with no clue how to get started, you’ve […]
Read article "Document Writing, Step by Step (with Templates)"
What’s more important when you’re trying to make changes to your life, health, and career: Setting goals or building habits? For most of us, we’ve been taught it’s the former. Goals help us stay focused and keep us moving in the right […]
Project planning is a diverse and many-faceted discipline that requires an equally diverse set of tools. In this article, we’ll break down the project planning process into its 7 main activities — from brainstorming to knowledge management — and look at the […]
Read article "Tools for Project Planning — Your Complete Guide (Updated for 2019)"
The SaaS market is certainly growing. A 2018 study showed that 73% of businesses will be entirely reliant on SaaS products by 2020. However, with new products launching every day, SaaS teams must remain productive, in order to stay competitive. Read on […]
Read article "5 Ways Artificial Intelligence Can Save SaaS Teams Time"
